ἐξουθενέω

Luke 18:9 ἐξουθενοῦντας despising

To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

Here: Built on outhen, 'nothing': to count someone as zero, to write them off. The present participle points to an ongoing habit. It is a judgment of other people's worth more than a hot emotion.

Luke 23:11 ἐξουθενήσας Having set at naught

And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

Here: This verb is built on 'nothing' (outhen). It means to count someone as a zero. It is the first of three participles leading up to the single main verb, 'sent back'. Herod's first response is contempt: Jesus is not worth taking seriously.

Acts 4:11 ἐξουθενηθεὶς having been rejected

This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

Here: "Having been counted as nothing." This is stronger than the Greek Psalm's "rejected after inspection" (apedokimasan). It suggests scorn, a stone written off as worthless. The form is passive and in the past tense, and it points to the crucifixion.

Romans 14:3 ἐξουθενείτω, he should despise,

The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

Here: Literally 'to make nothing of'. It is dismissive scorn: treating the abstainer as a fussy, immature nobody whose scruples don't count. This is the typical sin of the 'strong'.

Romans 14:10 ἐξουθενεῖς do despise

Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

Here: Literally 'make nothing of'. The strong are tempted to look down on scrupulous believers as backward or not worth taking seriously. Present tense: an ongoing attitude.

1 Corinthians 1:28 ἐξουθενημένα despised

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

Here: A perfect passive participle: "those who have been written off as nothing and still are." The verb is built on outhen, "nothing". It looks ahead to "the things that are not."

1 Corinthians 6:4 ἐξουθενημένους despised

So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?

1 Corinthians 16:11 ἐξουθενήσῃ· may despise;

No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.

2 Corinthians 10:10 ἐξουθενημένος. ignored.

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

Here: Perfect passive participle: 'having been written off,' that is, already judged worthless and left that way. The word is built on oudén, 'nothing'. His speaking counts for nothing.

Galatians 4:14 ἐξουθενήσατε you did despise [me]

And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

Here: Literally “make out to be nothing.” To write someone off as worthless or contemptible. The aorist tense looks back on their response at that first visit as a single, completed fact.

1 Thessalonians 5:20 ἐξουθενεῖτε· do despise;

Do not treat prophecies with contempt,

Here: Built from ex- plus outhen, "nothing": to count something as worthless, brush it off, write it off. It is a plural command to the whole church. It describes dismissive scorn, not hot hatred.